How To Install libxcursor1-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor1-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libxcursor1-dbg
libxcursor1-dbg is:
This package provides an unstripped shared object with debugging symbols, useful to provide a backtrace with symbol names in a debugger; this facilitates interpretation of core dumps, and aids in finding logic errors in programs using this library (or the library itself). The library is installed in /usr/lib/debug and can be used by placing that directory in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable when the code to be debugged is executed. Non-programmers will likely have little use for this package.
Non-programmers will likely have little use for this package. See the libxcursor1 package for further information.
There are three methods to install libxcursor1-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxcursor1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcursor1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcursor1-dbg
Install libxcursor1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcursor1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcursor1-dbg
Install libxcursor1-dbg Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcursor1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcursor1-dbg
How To Uninstall libxcursor1-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxcursor1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcursor1-dbg
Uninstall libxcursor1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcursor1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcursor1-dbg
Remove libxcursor1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libxcursor1-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcursor1-dbg
Remove libxcursor1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcursor1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcursor1-dbg
Dependencies
libxcursor1-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor1-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
